Brains, meet beauty. The Pentax K-r has it all. It's a powerful DSLR with advanced features like 12.4 Megapixels, HD video and a 3 inch LCD display. On the beauty side, taking photos has never looked this good. Plus, the K-r comes in basic black, classy white and PENTAX red. The PENTAX K-r competes with higher-end DSLRs and looks great doing it. That’s brilliantly colorful.
* 12.4 Megapixel stabilized CMOS sensor
* Sensitivity range: ISO 100 to 25 600
* 6 fps high-speed continuous shooting
* CMOS-shift Shake Reduction
* SAFOX IX AF sensor with 11 selectable points
* Live View on a 3’’ LCD monitor, 921 000 dots
* Video recording in HD compatible
Available in 3 Colors
Available in stylish colors including traditional black, classy white, and PENTAX red.
SDXC memory card compatibility (via firmware update).
Specification:
Camera Type - TTL autofocus, auto-exposure digital SLR digital-still camera with built-in retractable P-TTL auto pop-up flash
Sensor Type - High sensitivity CMOS sensor with a primary colour filter
Effective Pixels - approx. 12.4 megapixels
Sensitivity - Auto, Manual: ISO 200 to 12800 (1/3EV, 1/2EV or 1EV steps)
Extended sensitivity - from ISO 100 to 25600
Bulb mode - up to ISO1600, Could be expanded to ISO 100-12800
Shake Reduction - Sensor-shift Shake Reduction (Compatible with ALL PENTAX lenses)
Sensor Cleaning - Dust Removal mechanism: Image sensor moving mechanism, SP Coating and Dust alert function
Lens Mount - PENTAX KAF2 bayonet mount
Usable lenses - PENTAX KAF3-, KAF2-*, KAF-, and K-mount lenses
*Power zoom function is not available
K-mount lenses usable with restrictions
S-mount lenses, 67/645 lenses usable with adapter and with restrictions
Focusing System
Type - SAFOX IX autofocus system with TTL phase-matching detection
Functions - Focus modes: AF.A(auto), AF.S(single, with focus lock), AF-C(continuous), 11 AF points (9 cross type in the center), 5-point or 11-point Auto, Select or Center
Viewfinder
Type - Penta-mirror
Field of View - approx. 96%
Magnification - approx. 0.85x (with FA 50mm F1.4 lens, at infinity)
Focusing screen - Natural Bright Matte III focusing screen
Diopter adjustment - approx. -2.5 - +1.5m-1
Screen
Type - 3" (7.62cm) TFT colour LCD monitor with AR coating, Adjustable brightness and contrast, Scratch resistant protective glass, 170° wide-angle viewing, horizontally and vertically
Resolution - Approx. 921 000 dots
Shutter Type - Electronically controlled vertical-run focal plane shutter
Speed - Auto and Manual : 1/6000 - 30 sec. + Bulb
X-Synchronization - Hot shoe, sync-speed: 1/180 sec., P-TTL, high-speed-sync, wireless-sync with PENTAX dedicated flash
Exposure system
Metering - TTL open-aperture 16-segment metering (coupled with lens and AF information)
Metering modes: Multi-segment metering, Centre-weighted metering or Spot metering
Exposure Modes - Program (P), Sensitivity-Priority (Sv), Shutter-Priority (Tv), Aperture-Priority (Av), Metered Manual (M) including Bulb, Video
Picture modes: AutoPicture, Portrait, Landscape, Macro, Moving Object, Night scene portrait, Flash off
Scene modes: Night scene, Surf & Snow, Food, Sunset, Kids, Pet, Candlelight, Museum, Stagelight, Night snap, Night scene HDR*
*In Stagelight, Night snap and Night scene HDR, image format is fixed to JPEG
Flash Type - Built-in retractable P-TTL auto pop-up flash
Guide Number - approx. 16 (Standard Output Sensitivity 200/m), approx. 12 (Standard Output Sensitivity 100/m)
Modes - Auto, manual (on/off), red eye reduction, slow-speed sync, rear curtain sync, high-speed sync and wireless sync with PENTAX dedicated external flash
Synchronization: 1/180 sec., high speed, P-TTL, wireless
Angle of View Coverage Wide-angle lens, equivalent to 28mm in 35mm format
Recording - HDTV: 1280x720 (16:9) at 25fps/ VGA: 640x480 (4:3) at 30 or 25fps
Storage - Compatible with SD and SDHC memory cards
Interface - AV output, compatible with NTSC and PAL
USB 2.0 mini-B (Hi-Speed)
IrSimple Infrared in/out connection, DC power input
Power Source - Rechargeable D-LI109 Lithium-ion battery
Optional: 4 AA batteries (Lithium, Ni-MH, rechargeable, alcaline), with optional AA battery adapter D-BH109**
Optional AC adapter K-AC109E also available
Dimensions (H x W x D) - 97mm x 125mm x 68mm
Weight 544 g body only, 598 g loaded and ready with Li-ion battery and SD card, 625 g loaded and ready with AA batteries and SD card
Compatibility
PC - Windows XP SP2, VistaTM and 7
Mac - OS X 10.3.9 or above
Included Software PENTAX Digital Camera Utility 4 |
